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frank@clark.edu (Frank Torres) writes:


>    I'm about to buy a computer system and need some help with
>the new local bus architecture for the pc. Is VESA the standard for
>local architecture. If this is not the case then please let me know what
>is thanks. However; if VESA is standard then I would to know how far along
>it is and how many slots there are along with what kind of support there
>is for VESA. 

>This is the system I'm currently thinking about getting.

>486-33 Local bus 256 kb
>8M ram
>1.2 flp
>1.44 flp
>210 Meg IDE drive
>Full tower
>101 Keytronic keyboard
>Non inter. Super VGA 14" .28 dpi swivel.
>Mouse
>32 Bit local Bus IDE Hard drive, Floppy Controller, with 2s/1p/1g
>32 Bit local Bus Vga Card with 1meg

>Is the IDE hard drive controller any better than a standard controller.
>If there is a difference I would like to know what it would be.

Well, an IDE controller on a local bus would be faster than on the
standard IO bus, but...if you really want a fast hard drive, you should
try to find a local-bus SCSI-2 controller, and a nice SCSI drive.  THAT
would be FAST!  Of course, I don't have any knowledge that this actually
exists...

...if anyone knows, please email me!

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